The Cuckoo’s Calling Audiobook

Publisher Description

Published under a pseudonym, J. K. Rowling’s brilliant debut mystery introduces Detective Cormoran Strike as he investigates a supermodel’s suicide in “one of the best books of the year” (USA Today). After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client, creditors are calling, and after a breakup with his longtime girlfriend, he’s living in his office. Then John Bristow walks through his door with a shocking story: His sister, the legendary supermodel Lula Landry — known to her friends as the Cuckoo — famously fell to her death a few months earlier. The police ruled it a suicide, but John refuses to believe that. The case plunges Strike into the world of multimillionaire beauties, rock-star boyfriends, and desperate designers, and it introduces him to every variety of pleasure, enticement, seduction, and delusion known to man. You may think you know detectives, but you’ve never met one quite like Strike. You may think you know about the wealthy and famous, but you’ve never seen them under an investigation like this. Fast-paced and sharply drawn, this dazzling detective novel inspired Strike, the BBC crime drama series that has captivated millions of viewers worldwide. Download and start listening now!

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The private eye novel is not dead. It was merely waiting for Robert Galbraith to give it a firm squeeze, goosing it back to bold, new life. – Duane Swierczynski, New York Times bestselling author Rowling switches genres seamlessly…a gritty, absorbing tale.” – People One of the books of the year. – USA Today A highly entertaining book…Its narrative moves forward with propulsive suspense. More important, Strike and his now-permanent assistant, Robin (playing Nora to his Nick, Salander to his Blomkvist), have become a teama team whose further adventures the reader cannot help eagerly awaiting. – New York Times Narrator Robert Glenister is the star Glenister infuses gruff charm and a poignant edginess into Rowlings wonderfully original detective hero, Cormoran Strike. Glenisters character accents are terrific, and hes a genius with womens voices, which he softens without caricature. Glenister is just right in this noir-ish mystery with a hard-boiled softie at its center. Dont miss it. Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award. – AudioFile [Rowlings] literary gift is on display in this work. She crafts an entertaining story [and] comes up with an ending that Ill admit I was surprised by. – Washington Post Combines a complex and compelling sleuth and an equally well-formed and unlikely assistant with a baffling crime[A] stellar debut. – Publishers Weekly (starred review) Plenty of twistsTotally engrossingGalbraiths take on contemporary celebrity obsession makes for a grand beach read. – Library Journal (starred review) A quick, fun read. Rowling delivers a set of characters every bit as durable as her Potter people and a story that, though no more complex than an Inspector Lewis episode, works well on every level. – Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Instantly absorbing, featuring a detective facing crumbling circumstances with resolve instead of clichd self-destruction and a lovable sidekick with contagious enthusiasm for detection. – Booklist “A page-turner featuring an uncommon heroThis engrossing story boasts a fascinating cast of fast-track suspects..Robert Galbraith has added a singular new voice to the genre of crime fiction with his engaging debut novel. – BookPage The Cuckoos Calling reminds me why I fell in love with crime fiction in the first place. – Val McDermid, bestselling author A beautifully written debut novel introducing one of the most unique and compelling detectives I’ve come across in years. – Mark Billingham, author of The Demands A remarkably assured debut. Robert Galbraiths portrayal of celebrity-obsessed modern London is at once beautifully written and utterly engrossing, his characters so real you could eat dinner with them, his ever-coiling plot guaranteed to keep you up past your bedtime. I couldnt put it down. – Owen Laukkanen, author of The Professionals